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Mayor Jones leads unanimous vote to enter executive session to interview city clerk applicants
Summary
At a Nov. 8 special meeting, City of Stamping Ground officials voted 5-0 to enter an executive session under KRS 61.810(1)(f) to interview applicants for the city clerk position; the meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. and minutes will be approved Nov. 25.
Stamping Ground Mayor Jennifer Jones called a special meeting at 9:38 a.m. Nov. 8 at Stamping Ground City Hall and the body voted unanimously to enter an executive session under Kentucky Revised Statutes KRS 61.810(1)(f) to interview applicants for the city clerk position. Mayor Jones made the motion to enter the executive session; Commissioner Ken Koger seconded and the vote was recorded as 5-0 in favor.
The meeting minutes state Commissioner Dale Perry provided the invocation before the executive session. According to the minutes, Commissioner Cody Meadows moved, and Commissioner Dale Perry seconded, the motion to exit the executive session; that motion also carried 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. after a motion by Mayor Jones, seconded by Commissioner Perry, which passed 5-0.
The minutes identify the meeting attendees and officers of the city government, and they list several personnel who were not present: Police Chief John Giles, Fire Chief Robert Hendricks, Assistant Fire Chief Andrew Tackett, Financial Consultant Melissa Bayer, and City Clerk Michelle Randolph. The document notes that the meeting minutes will be approved at the Nov. 25, 2025 meeting.
The minutes record only the statutory basis for the executive session and its purpose (“to interview city clerk applicants”) and do not include details of the interviews or any deliberations, consistent with the stated exemption under KRS 61.810(1)(f) for discussions that might lead to the appointment of an employee. The signature block on the minutes shows Mayor Jennifer Jones; the assistant city clerk name in the signature line appears garbled in the copy of the minutes and is not legible.
No formal appointment, hiring decision, or individual vote on candidates is recorded in the public minutes. Any formal action related to the city clerk position would be expected to appear in the minutes of a future public meeting, including the Nov. 25, 2025 meeting where these minutes will be considered for approval.
